Jelly-container.



W. M. McKEE.

JELLY CONTAINER.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 1, 1914.

1,168,731 Patented Jan. 18, 1916.

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WILLIE MAY lVIcKEE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

JELLY-CONTAINER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 18, 1916.

Application filed December 1,1914. Serial No. 875,045.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIE MAY McKnn, acitizen of the United States, and aresident of Chicago, in the county ofCook and State of Illinois, have made and invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Jelly-Containers, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to a container for jelly or analogous material,and has in view the provision of a cheap but serviceable container,including a multiplicity of receptacles or molds, in which the jelly isdeposited and sealed.

The container is preferably formed in the shape of a tray, from whichdepend a number of individual cups or receptacles, defining a pluralityof isolated compartments, in which the jellies may be stored, the entire device forming a convenient article for the storage of jellies, inthat it may be easily handled. Furthermore, a number of these tray-likecontainers may be placed, one above the other and form anattractivedevice for the storage or display of jellies.

A further object is to provide a tray-like container preferably formedof some fibrous or analogous material, suitably impregnated so as torender it fit for the storage of jellies, and including a number of rowsof depending receptacles, between which rows, the base plate is providedwith indentations 0r perforations, allowing each receptacle to bedetached as desired, although it is to be noted in this connection, thatthe indentations or perforations are practically impervious to paraflinor analogous sealing material.

A further object is to provide a tray-like container for the storage ofjellies, with a plurality of individual cups or receptacles connected bya suitable base plate, facilitating the handling of the same andproviding for their convenient storage. It is also to be noted in thisconnection that the tray-like containers may be nested together whenempty, providing for their shipment in bulk.

Other objects and advantages will appear as the description proceeds, itbeing understood that changes in the preferred embodiment of theinvention can be made within the scope of what is claimed, withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings accompanying this specification and forming apartthereof, the preferred embodimentof theinvention is illus The tray ispreferably formed of some,

fibrous material such as paper, which allows a plurality of individualcups or receptacles l t to bestruck downwardly from the base plate thusdefining a unitary article subject to economic manufacture.

In the somewhat modified form ofcontainer illustrated in Fig. 3, each ofthe receptacles includes an upstanding ;rim or mouth 15, which preventsany foreign material, which may be resting upon the base plate, frombeing brushed or accidentally discharged into the containers. A furtheradvantage of this somewhat modified form, resides in the fact that asthe paraffin 16 is poured upon the base plate, to seal the jelly 17 oranalogous material within each receptacle, the upstanding rims l5prevent the initial paraffin from flowing across the receptacles, theinitial paratlin being more likely to contain foreign material. However,it is to be noted, that the upstanding rim 1,3, with which the tray isprovided, al' lows the hot paraffin to be poured directly upon the baseplate to simultaneously and conveniently seal the several receptacles,with which the tray is provided. The base plate is provided withindentations or perforations extending between the receptacles, whichalthough sufficient for the easy and convenient separation of thereceptacles and adjoining parts of the base plate, prevent the flow ofparafiin or sealing material therethrough.

From the foregoing, it will be observed, that I have provided a jellycontainer which may be economically manufactured and which possessesnumerous as well'as novel advantages, among which, the ease and rapid-.ity with which the receptacles may be filled I provision of a number ofconnected receptacles which may be subsequently detached, are to beespecially noted. V

a The bottom walls of the several receptacles are flattened, so thatseveral of the containers maybe placed one upon the other without dangeror likelihood of the receptaclesof theupper containers being pressedthrough the paraflin 16 with which the re.- cept'acles are sealed, theflattened bases of the receptacles providing a large bearing' surfacefor withstanding the pressures due to the weight of the superposedcontainers.

It will be understood from the preceding that the receptacles or moldsmaybe made of any desirable, fanciful, or attractive shapes,particularly when such are to be used for decorative purposes, the moldsbeing capable of assuming anydesired or fanciful shape suitable forsocial orother functions where the contained jelly is to be served.Furthermore, it will be understood that the use Qf. such is economical,in that the receptaclesor molds may be made of such size or dimensionsas to contain just a suflicient amount of jelly as is desired to beserved to each individual person, thus avoiding the waste incident tothe serving of comparatively large portions of jelly from which slicesor sections are cut and served.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. A containercomprising a tray includ ing a baseplate and an upstanding encompassingrim a plurality of receptacles formed integral with, and depending from,said base plate and provided with flattened bottom walls, the upperextremities of said receptacles projecting above the plane of said baseplate and terminating short of the plane of the top of the encompassingrim.

2. A container comprising a tray including a base plate with anupstanding encompassing rim, receptacles formed integral with said trayand depending therebeneath, said base plate provided with alinedperforations extending entirely-therethrough and encompassing eachreceptacle, said perforations of a size preventing the passage of hotparailin therethrough and providing for the separation of eachreceptacle from the adjoining portion of said tray.

3. An article of the class described comprising a tray including a baseplate and an upstanding encompassing rim, a plurality of receptaclesformed integral with said tray and depending therebeneath and providedwith flattened bottom. walls, the upper ex tremities of said receptaclesprojecting above the plane of the base plate of said tray and stoppingshort of the plane of the upper edge of said rim, said base plateprovided with alined perforationscompletely encomoassin each rece taclejrovidin for the separate detachment of the receptacles and adjoiningportions of the tray.

. Signed at Ghicago,,in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, this-21th day of November, A. D. 1914.

' WILLIE -MAY McKEE. Witnesses V i A. S. NICHOLS, G. R. Rnnnoois.

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" Washington, D. G.

